Garren Jacobsen
Auror
So I've noticed in my writing I tend to have a microscopic focus, particularly when building up to a conflict. For example I just wrote a scene with my MC sharpening a sword prepping for a fight with some bad guys. The whole first paragraph of that scene focus on the schicking of the stone and the ticking of a clock while he's thinking about the possibility of his own death or madness. This, to me is a microscopic focus. And I really like this focus to pause and breathe for a moment before the plunge.
However I have hard time making a broad telescopic focus be as engaging. So what do you do to make telescoping passages engaging?
However I have hard time making a broad telescopic focus be as engaging. So what do you do to make telescoping passages engaging?